Neighbors try to halt solar panels from go live because of the danger they pose to pedestrians

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Solar panels are not popular with at least some people in San Francisco's Haight neighborhood.

Updated at 11:30 AM PDT on Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009

File this under "things that don't fit the character of the neighborhood": solar panels. The neighbors of a couple living in the Upper Haight have made it clear what their priority is in a battle over the $90k installation of solar panels in the neighborhood.

According to California building code, however, solar panel application's can't be denied unless they create health or safety concerns.

Maybe that explains the specific complaints about the panels being dangerous and falling on pedestrians.

We'll let the neighbors speak for themselves on this one: "The solar panels erected ... are egregiously not in keeping with the character of the neighborhood and are now embarrassingly visible landmarks to pedestrians. This significantly detracts from the character of the neighborhood." Embarrassing!